Grid connection · Inyo County, California, United States
Purple Elephant grid connection (CAISO 55402)
Purple Elephant grid connection (CAISO 55402) is a planned grid connection in Inyo County, California, United States, with 280 MW of capacity, connected by California Independent System Operator Corporation.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Inyo County (connects at Kramer 230 kV) | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (cluster C16) | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 280 MW | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Geothermal (registered as Steam Turbine/Geothermal) | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | California Independent System Operator Corporation | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 1 Oct 2026 | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 1 Dec 2032 (proposed) | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its grid operator.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the grid operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Entered the connection queue
How it compares
Purple Elephant grid connection (CAISO 55402) is the 199th-largest of 487 grid connections in California and the 1,009th-largest of 4,021 in the United States by capacity; its 280 MW is <0.1% of the 923,876 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 199th of 487 | 131,091 MW | 0.21% |
| United States | 1,009th of 4,021 | 923,876 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 1,320th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Due to connect
Grid operator and place
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- Ormond Beach Energy Center grid connection (CAISO 55341)1,491 MW
- Sanborn Hybrid 3 grid connection (CAISO 1632)1,400 MW
- Angeleno Solar Farm grid connection (CAISO 1625)1,150 MW
- Wingtip Solar 1 grid connection (CAISO 1943)1,150 MW
- Darden grid connection (CAISO 1949)1,150 MW
Other grid connections in California
- Holman grid connection (CAISO 1889)1,500 MW
- Ormond Beach Energy Center grid connection (CAISO 55341)1,491 MW
- Sanborn Hybrid 3 grid connection (CAISO 1632)1,400 MW
- Angeleno Solar Farm grid connection (CAISO 1625)1,150 MW
- Darden grid connection (CAISO 1949)1,150 MW
- Fair Sky Energy grid connection (CAISO 55252)1,150 MW
- Muon grid connection (CAISO 2266)1,150 MW
- Umbriel grid connection (CAISO 2166)1,150 MW
Data on this page
- California ISO. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.